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BLIND GUARDIAN: Release ‘Twilight Of The Gods’ Live Track Video

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 23, 2017

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The ‘Twilight Of The Gods’ gleams at the horizon and Germany-based progressive power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN release another great classic off their first live record in 14 years! The magical “Live Beyond The Spheres”, a package filled with 22 songs and available as a 3CD-DIGI or 4LP-BOX, will be released on July 7th and guides the fans not only through BLIND GUARDIAN‘s all-time classics such as ‘The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)’ or ‘Mirror Mirror’, but also presents rarely performed songs like ‘And Then There Was Silence’.

The band have just unveiled a live video to their mighty ‘Twilight Of The Gods’:

The song is also available as digital single, that you can purchase here.

“Live Beyond The Spheres” – Track Listing:

CD1
01. The Ninth Wave
02. Banish From Sanctuary
03. Nightfall
04. Prophecies
05. Tanelorn
06. The Last Candle
07. And Then There Was Silence

CD2
01. The Lord Of The Rings
02. Fly
03. Bright Eyes
04. Lost In The Twilight Hall
05. Imaginations From The Other Side
06. Into The Storm
07. Twilight Of The Gods
08. A Past And Future Secret
09. And The Story Ends

CD3
01. Sacred Worlds
02. The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)
03. Valhalla
04. Wheel Of Time
05. Majesty
06. Mirror Mirror

BLIND GUARDIAN live:

16.06. D         St. Goarshausen – RockFels
28.06. IL        Tel Aviv – Reading 3
30.06. GR       Chania – Chania Rock Festival
02.07. I          Milan – Battlefield Metal Fest
08.07. D         Ballenstedt – Rockharz Open Air
02.08. H         Székesfehérvár – Fezen Fesztivál
03.08. SK       Bratislava – Majestic Club
05.08. S         Rejmyre – Skogsröjet Festival
10.08. E         Villena – Leyendas del Rock
11.08. UK       Derby – Bloodstock Open Air
12.08. A         Graz – Metal on the Hill
25.08. PL        Straszecin – Czad Festival
26.08. D         Dresden – Alter Schlachthof

More info:
www.blind-guardian.com
www.facebook.com/blindguardian
www.nuclearblast.de/blindguardian

BLIND GUARDIAN Release Live Track Video For ‘Prophecies’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 9, 2017

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Krefeld, Germany-based progressive power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN announced the release of their first live record in 14 years just a few weeks ago. The 22-song package entitled “Live Beyond The Spheres”, will be purchasable as a 3CD-DIGI as well as a 4LP-BOX. It’s scheduled to be released on July 7th, 2017. Besides all-time classics such as ‘The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)’, ‘Valhalla’ and ‘Mirror Mirror’, rather rarely performed songs like ‘And Then There Was Silence’ are also a part of this live record.

“We compiled one ‘show’ out of the best tracks from more than 40 live performances, recorded during our European tour in 2015. That’s how we pinned down the most beautiful and atmospheric moments on this medium,” explains guitarist André Olbrich.

Today, BLIND GUARDIAN unveil the live track clip to the song ‘Prophecies’. This video is a really special one as it was put together by drummer Frederik Ehmke himself using only the material shot with one single camera, which witnessed each show of the tour! You should definitely not miss this highlight. Read Frederiks statement below to find out more about the production of this clip:

“Being a fan of the potential of the camera for my private use I decided to take my Hero4 Silver with me on our worldwide tour and recorded all of the shows. First I started with only angles around my drumkit cause they are pretty hard to get with common cameras and therefore special – then I had the idea of creating a videoclip to one song using the footage from all the different shows shot with this only one single camera and tried to find more different varying positions for my GoPro to record the show each night. The camera stayed basically in the same spot for the whole show and I moved it to try another position for the next show. Hereby I collected a huge amount of shows which I could pick from to put this video together. All toured territories and continents are finally represented. But there is no light without shade. Since I usually mounted my GoPro on a regular microphone stand, I asked every day for the stand and if I could put the camera in my desired spot without being in the way for anyone. I guess that annoyed some people of the crew – especially when on a busy day they forgot to have the stand ready for me and had to crawl into dark cases to get it. But I m happy to have insisted, because the video now shows some very rare and special angles – views direct and close to the band that you never saw before. It benefits from the GoPro´s ability to capture wide and narrow fields in a high resolution and especially high frame rate, which are absolutely necessary in the stage environment, that quickly changes from gloomy to sun bright and on top comes with fast movements. The camera itself is small and therefore not blocking the view for the audience, but at the same time can be placed very close to the performing musician.”

He also explains the choice of the song: “‘Prophecies’ was the perfect choice for the song. It is an enjoyable one for us to perform and I guess that gets pretty obvious when you watch our stage acting. From the beginning it was very well received by the fans too, which always gives us a lot of the energy back that we put into our shows. And of course it represents the latest studio output of the band and is an important step in the saga of the Red Mirror. Watching the video brings back nice memories of the many venues and crowds we played for on this long tour.”

Watch the clip of ‘Prophecies’, here:

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BLIND GUARDIAN: Release ‘Mirror Mirror’ Live Track Video

Posted by Stargazer on May 26, 2017

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Krefeld, Germany-based progressive power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN announced the release of their first live record in 14 years just a few weeks ago. Guitarist André Olbrich reveals why the time has come for “Live Beyond The Spheres”:

“There’s several different reasons why it’s about time to release a live album. We’ve had a new rhythm section in the band – Frederik and Bahrend – for a couple of years now. Our interaction improved a lot by their joining and our songs developed a better groove and became more dynamic. The appearance of digital amp profilers and digital recording techniques also made it possible to create a fairly similar sonic image in different venues and to fulfil our image of what a perfect live album should be. Last but not least; we released three studio albums since our previous live album, and we didn’t have any live recordings from our relatively current studio material. By compiling a 3-disc package, we were able to create a very extensive and varied set list to reflect our 30-year career with an optimal performances.”

The 22-song package entitled “Live Beyond The Spheres”, will be purchasable as a 3CD-DIGI as well as a 4LP-BOX. Besides all-time classics such as ‘The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)’, ‘Valhalla’ and ‘Mirror Mirror’, rather rarely performed songs like ‘And Then There Was Silence’ are also a part of this live record.

“We compiled one “show” out of the best tracks from more than 40 live performances, recorded during our European tour in 2015. That’s how we pinned down the most beautiful and atmospheric moments on this medium,” he adds.

With the live version of ‘Mirror Mirror’, BLIND GUARDIAN releases one of the above-mentioned classics from “Live Beyond The Spheres” today. The track plus video material from the past tour can be watched over on YouTube.

André comments on the track:
“‘Mirror Mirror’ is one of the biggest classics from BG; known for being celebrated by both, band and fans, at the end of every live show.”

“Live Beyond The Spheres” – Track Listing:

CD1
01. The Ninth Wave
02. Banish From Sanctuary
03. Nightfall
04. Prophecies
05. Tanelorn
06. The Last Candle
07. And Then There Was Silence

CD3
01. Sacred Worlds
02. The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)
03. Valhalla
04. Wheel Of Time
05. Majesty
06. Mirror Mirror

BLIND GUARDIAN To Release “Live Beyond The Spheres” 3-CD/4-LP In July

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 8, 2017

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Progressive Power Metal pioneers BLIND GUARDIAN announce the release of a new 3-CD package entitled, “Live Beyond The Spheres”! This will include material recorded from various Shows during the European tour leg in 2015 – among old classics, new tracks as well as songs that are played very rarely during live shows.

Vocalist Hansi Kürsch speaks about the difficulties to create such an ambitious album: “In general I would say that we’ve had a really good run on this tour and that nearly every show was perfect. But at the end of the day, after every band-member has checked each and every song and concert of those 30 shows again and again, there were only like two or three versions of each song being suitable to be used for an album. We then had to decide between those last remaining Versions, which would have been the most impressive one. This was a nearly endless task!”

But as we all know, BLIND GUARDIAN stands for perfectionism in any way.

“The Songs finally Chosen reveal such an energy, that poissible smaller mistakes appeared to be totally unimportant for the evaluation. As soon as you have listened to the songs, you will know what I mean, they feel alive”, the vocalist continues.

But in the end, the effort was all worth it. Hansi sums up: “There is always something happening at each show, let’s call it ‘MAGIC’, that is giving us all creeps. We are really satisfied when the people sing with us, have a good time and go back home happy.”

“Live Beyond The Spheres” is scheduled to be released on July 7th, via Nuclear Blast, as 3-CD and 4-LP Box.

Below is the track listing:

CD1
01. The Ninth Wave
02. Banish From Sanctuary
03. Nightfall
04. Prophecies
05. Tanelorn
06. The Last Candle
07. And Then There Was Silence

CD2
01. The Lord Of The Rings
02. Fly
03. Bright Eyes
04. Lost In The Twilight Hall
05. Imaginations From The Other Side
06. Into The Storm
07. Twilight Of The Gods
08. A Past And Future Secret
09. And The Story Ends

CD3
01. Sacred Worlds
02. The Bard’s Song (In The Forest)
03. Valhalla
04. Wheel Of Time
05. Majesty
06. Mirror Mirror

Get BLIND GUARDIAN’s current record »Beyond The Red Mirror« here: http://nblast.de/BGUARDIANMirror
Get it digitally here: http://nblast.de/BlindGuardianDownloads